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lance2539
Nov 19, 20243 min read
Thinking about "A Christmas Carol"
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lance2539
Nov 4, 20243 min read
Dick Van Patten and "Mama"
Some years ago Mary and I were in New York and heard that Dick Van Patten, star of "Eight is Enough", would be speaking at a showing of...
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lance2539
Sep 15, 20249 min read
Parson's Nose. Our Twenty Fifth Season. Wow.
The 2024-2025 season marks our 25th year of bringing classic theater, and more, to Los Angeles. How PNT Came to Be Back in 2000, I'd been...
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lance2539
Feb 13, 20237 min read
Remembering Edward Payson Call
We lost one of the great ones. Edward Payson "Ed" Call. At PNT we have a few Call alumni. Paul Perri, John Lee, Ivar Brogger, and we...
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lance2539
Jan 28, 20232 min read
Readers' Theater: The Mi$er!
From "Preface to 'The Miser'", adapted by Lance Davis. Available February, 2023 Some years ago I finally had a chance to go to La Comedie...
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lance2539
Oct 15, 20222 min read
Spooky Classic Tales: The Banality of Horror
The Psychology of Horror in Spooky Classic Tales
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lance2539
Aug 20, 20222 min read
Lance Davis on "Our American Cousin"
We are delighted to begin our 23rd season with a seldom-seen British comedy from the pen of Mr. Thomas Taylor. “Our American Cousin” was...
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lance2539
Jul 5, 20222 min read
New blog! Friday Night Films at PNT
Parson’s Nose begins its 23rd season this month with a new pilot series, “PNT Friday Night Films”. A film “club”, as it were - informal,...
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lance2539
Nov 29, 20212 min read
Hans Andersen and the Fir Tree
(The Fir Tree illustration by Edna Hart) Hans Christian Andersen was a remarkable writer. He had both a painful childhood, and a painful...
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lance2539
Sep 10, 20213 min read
The Much Needed Healing Power of the Classics
There’s a lot of “political correctness” buzz in the arts community these days. The dramatic events of the past year have thrown...
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